Business & Economics
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Financing Cotton: British Industrial Growth and Decline, 1780-2000 [Paperback]
Steven Toms(Author)
$25.95ISBN: 9781783275090
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History
Volume: Volume 17
The cotton and textile industry, at the centre of the industrial revolution, has long been a metaphor for the rise and fall of Britain as a manufacturing economy. This book links the world of finance directly to the fate of the cotton and textile ... .... Learn More -
Land, Investment & Politics: Reconfiguring Eastern Africa's Pastoral Drylands [Paperback]
Jeremy Lind(Editor); Doris Okenwa(Editor); Ian Scoones(Editor)
$25.95ISBN: 9781847012494
Published by : James Currey
Series: African Issues
More than ever before, the gaze of global investment has been directed to the drylands of Africa, but what does this mean for these regions' pastoralists and other livestock-keepers and their livelihoods? Will those who have occupied drylands over... .... Learn More -
Land, Investment & Politics: Reconfiguring Eastern Africa's Pastoral Drylands [Hardback]
Jeremy Lind(Editor); Doris Okenwa(Editor); Ian Scoones(Editor)
$120.00ISBN: 9781847012524
Published by : James Currey
Series: African Issues
More than ever before, the gaze of global investment has been directed to the drylands of Africa, but what does this mean for these regions' pastoralists and other livestock-keepers and their livelihoods? Will those who have occupied drylands over... .... Learn More -
Farmers at the Frontier: A Pan European Perspective on Neolithisation [Hardback]
Kurt J Gron(Editor); Lasse Sorensen(Editor); Peter Rowley-Conwy(Editor)
$70.00ISBN: 9781789251401
Published by : Oxbow Books
All farming in prehistoric Europe ultimately came from elsewhere in one way or another, unlike the growing numbers of primary centers of domestication and agricultural origins worldwide. This fact affects every aspect of our understanding of the s... .... Learn More -
Asia Bond Monitor – November 2019 [Paperback]
Asian Development Bank(Author)
$30.00ISBN: 9789292618667
Published by : Asian Development Bank
The quarterly Asia Bond Monitor reviews developments in emerging East Asian local currency bond markets. The report discusses key trends in the region's bond markets, and the outlook, risks, and policy options. It covers the 10 members of the Asso... .... Learn More -
An Evolving ASEAN: Vision and Reality [Paperback]
Asian Development Bank(Author)
$28.00ISBN: 9789292616946
Published by : Asian Development Bank
The formation of ASEAN in 1967 was originally driven by political and security concerns. In the decades that followed, ASEAN's scope evolved to include an ambitious and progressive economic agenda. In December 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community (A... .... Learn More -
Managing Nepal’s Dudh Koshi River System for a Fair and Sustainable Future [Paperback]
Asian Development Bank(Author)
$24.00ISBN: 9789292615505
Published by : Asian Development Bank
The report suggests economically and environmentally sustainable management considering challenges that involve climate change. The study proposes a strategic planning framework that covers the holistic, technical, economic, social, and environmen... .... Learn More -
The Wealth of England: The Medieval Wool trade and Its Political Importance 1100–1600 [Paperback]
Susan Rose(Author)
$44.00ISBN: 9781789253825
Published by : Oxbow Books
The wool trade was undoubtedly one of the most important elements of the British economy throughout the medieval period - even the seat occupied by the speaker of the House of lords rests on a woolsack. In The Wealth of England Susan Rose brings t... .... Learn More -
British Catholic Merchants in the Commercial Age: 1670-1714 [Hardback]
Giada Pizzoni(Author)
$120.00ISBN: 9781783274383
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in the Eighteenth Century
Volume: Volume 6
British Catholic merchants in the long eighteenth century occupied an ambiguous social space. On the one hand, their religion made them marginal and suspect figures in a nation increasingly defining itself by its Protestantism against the Catholic... .... Learn More -
Education and Skills Development Under the CAREC Program: A Scoping Study [Paperback]
Asian Development Bank(Author)
$20.00ISBN: 9789292617486
Published by : Asian Development Bank
The global employment and skills landscape is changing fast as fueled by the fourth industrial revolution. Investing in human development is essential to meet the needs of rapidly evolving competitive labor markets and achieve sustainable economic... .... Learn More
